Ken Yale, DDS, JD, is Vice President of Clinical Solutions at ActiveHealth Management, a research-based, advanced clinical decision support and care management company. Previously he founded and built innovative health companies in medical management, health data analytics, and patient engagement. Before building businesses, he held senior government posts in the White House, United States Senate, and the U.S. Public Health Service. He currently holds a teaching appointment in predictive analytics in healthcare with the University of California.

Thomas Raskauskas, MD, is CEO of President of St. Vincent's Health Partners, Inc. (SVHP), a physician hospital organization in southwestern Connecticut. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. in 1985, and is a Board Certified Obstetrician Gynecologist. He started his career in private practice in Salem, Massachusetts, and has held teaching appointments through the Medical Schools at Harvard University, Brown University, Michigan State University and Quinnipiac University. Dr. Raskauskas has been a medical director overseeing a multispecialty multi-site clinic, and a Chief Medical Officer for a multi-state Medicaid managed care plan in the Midwest. He served in the United States Navy as a Medical Officer.

Joanne Bohn, MBA, is a published author, book designer, and corresponding editor on contemporary healthcare topics, and principal for KMI Communications, LLC. Ms. Bohn is a PhD candidate in Public Health Sciences with a specialization in Health Management at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences.

The FOREWORD is written by David B. Nash, MD, MBA, founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Nash is also the Editor-in-Chief of Population Health Management and is a distinguished professor of health policy in the Jefferson School of Population Health.

Contributing Authors

Robert Steiner, MD, PhD, Professor, Health Management and Systems Sciences, University of Louisville School of Public Health & Information Sciences

John Morse, MBA, Chief Development Officer, Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine